I got a couple of responses to my "You Can't Handle the Good News" contribution to JR Woodward's Good News series, saying something like this:

"You didn't really just tell people they shouldn't bother with the Gospel, did you?!"

My response...

"You're goddamn right I did!!!"

Well, not really.

Calm down, people. It was a blog post. It was a pretend article.

Would I have done it if the Times had really asked me to write about "the Good News?"

Probably not.

Maybe.

I'm not sure.

There was one occasion when I had an actual opportunity to speak of "Good News" in print to the people of my community.

And it went something like this:









Better?

Grace and Peace,
Raffi